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Patented Sept. 27, 1927.

UNIT-ED `v'sita-rises HELGE A. BORRESEILOFSHICAGD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNQR TQ 'II-IIE)v Cj. IHANSQNy COM- IPANY, OF'CHICAGOfILLINQIS, .A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

, PLATE MOUNTING.'

Application led .Tune 6, 1925.v ySerial No. 35,431.

My invention relates to a plate mounting,

and more particularly to means for mounting a plate, such as a nameplate, on a supporting material.. l

lt is the purpose of my invention `to provide means for mounting a ,plate on a supporting material, said plate and said means'being made of' a, single-,piece of vsheet material With the edges thereof embedded in the supporting member.

Vllt is a further purpose of my invention to l provide means for holding theplate in position on the supporting-member, comprising a plurality of prongs tliateiigage with the supporting member, said prongs preferably bending as the same are lforced into the material upon Which the plate isr mounted so as to assume a hook-like form. The mounting member is preferably provided ivitli recesses for receiving the prongs, said recesses being provided Withguiding surfaces whereby the prongs are bent inr the desired direction. V

The plate is preferably pressed into t-lie material, or forced into engagement With the materialby pressure, and the supporting material is preferably, valthough not necessarily, provided With a groove into which the peripheral edge of theY plate fits when the same is rforced into engagement With the supportingmaterial. i

It is anotherobject of my invention to provide a plate, such as a name plate,'that can bemade of very light materiahsaid late 'being preferably supportedy in. face-tofaceengagement With the supporting member when inoperative position. Preferably, thehoolr prongs are p'iovidedybutin some cases it Amay be desirable to provide tubular rlhe vmaterial of the supporting prongs. l y member, if'wood or some similar material, will then enter the tubular portions of the prongs to further aidin holding the parts in assembledrelationship. 'Insteadof providing prongs, the `edge or `flange that is turned toward the supporting member may be serrated so asl to bite into the material and bend into va hook-l'ikeform tohold the plate in position on the mounting or supporting member.

Other objects of the 'invention Willv appear ,as the description of Athe accompanying drawing proceeds. 'Hoivever, l desire to have it Vdistinctly understoodtliatfl do not intendto rlimit -myself to the exact details shown or described,v but that 'I intend to include as vpart of my invention all such obvious changes and modifications ofl parts as Would occur -to a person skilled in this art and as would fall Within Vthe scope' of the claims.-

Inthe drawings,- Fig. I1 is a side'elevation of one ofmy improved plates, detached;

Fig. isa plan view of a-fragiiieiito-ffthe supporting member With the-plate in position thereon; y

Fig. 3 is asection takensubstantially on the line 3 3 rof F 9.; l

i-g. is a plan View of-a fragment of the supporting member showing the same before the plate Ais assembled therewith; l'

, Fig. 5 is a section taken on tlie line v5 5 offFig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a Asection taken on the line 6 6 ofF ig. 4;

Fig. is a. view similarto Fig.` 3, of a modified form of the invention; y

Fig. 8 is avieW similar to Fig. 3, of a further modification of the invention;

Fig.r 9 is a view similar to Fig. 1, of the plate used in the vform slioWnin Fig.'7;

Fig. 10 is aibottoin plan vieW of a plate provided with tubular prongs;

11is a side elevation thereof;

Fig. 12is a section taken on-the line 12 12 ofV Fig. 11; i

Fig. 13 is a View similar to Fig. 2, of another Yform -of plate; iFig. 14 is a view similar to Fig. '2, ,of still aiiotlierforin; p

Figi-5 is a section similar to Fig.`3, showing the 'plate mounted on a metallic supporting member;

vFig. 16 is a plan view of a further modification; I

Fig. 17 is a side.elevation of the plate `shown in Fig. 16; -and Fig, 13 is a side elevation ofna further modihcation. v

`Referring in detail to the drawings, in

Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, is shown aplate member 20, ivhicli is provided with asbodyportionv 21 from which the prongs 22 depend. The plate member 2O is-1nounted upona supporting member 23, which is more cl'early'shown Lin Figs. 4 to 6, inclusive, and which is provided With ya groove 24 corresponding substantially in outline to the'downturned edge or flange 25 on the plate 20. The groove 24 is provided with a curved inner face 54, and a straight outer face 55, which causes the flange 25 to assume a concave form in cross section when the member is pressed into engagement with the member 23. The member 23 is further provided with a plurality of recesses 26 extending from the groove 24, which have substantially straight outer walls 27 ,ant curved inner walls 28. It will be further noted that the` prongs 22 are slightly curved inwardly between the body portion 21 and the extremities thereof. The groove 24 and the recesses 26 are formed in the supporting member 23 in any desired manner, preferably by means of a die. The plate 2O is preferably forced into engagement with the supporting member 23 by means of a press.

l/Vhen the plate 20 is pressed into engagement with the member 23, the prongs 22 will curve into the shape shown in Fig. 3, thus becoming hook-like holding members or holding prongs, this being due to the fact that the curved faces 28 act as guiding faces to vdirect the bending of the prongs when pressure is applied to the plate 20. The plate 2O is forced down until the body port-ion 21 thereof is in face-to-face engagement with the face 29 on the supporting member 23 defined by the groove 24. TWhen this occurs the downturned edge or flange 25 will be seated in t-he groove 24. Thus no sharp edges will be exposed, the hook prongs will firmly hold the plate in position on the supporting member, and, moreover, it will be difficult to remove the plate from the supporting material without doing considerable damage to both the plate and the supporting material, because it will be impossible to get a tool under the edge of the plate.

Instead of turning the prongs inwardly on a curve, as are the prongs 22 in Fig. 1, and again outwardly toward the free ends thereof, the prongs may be inclined inwardly from the body portion to the outer edge thereof, as shown in Fig. 9, in which the prongs are designated by the numeral 22 and the plate by the numeral 20. The plate 20 is provided with a depending peripheral flange 25, which seats in a groove Vin the member 23, shown in Fig. 7, in a similar manner to that in which the flange on the member 2O is received in the. groove of the member 23 in the previously described form.

The member 23, instead of being providedV with recesses with curved guide faces, is provided with the recesses 26 having the straight outer faces 27 and the inclined or beveled inner faces 28. The prongs, when the plate 20 vis pressed into engagement with the member 23, will turn inwardly at a sharper angle than that Lwhich they originally have before the plate 20 is engaged with the member 23', thus forming hook-like prongs or holding members, Vthis being due to the provision of the inclined guiding faces 28, down which the` ends of the prongs slide as the plate 20 is pressed into engagement with the supporting member 23.

In Fig. 8, the member 2O is shown as being pressed into engagement with a supporting member 30, the curved prongs 22 engaging with recesses in the member 30 having inclined inner faces 31 and curved outervfaces 32. This causes the hook prongs 22 to bend into a double or reverse curved form when the plate 20 is pressed into engagement with the member30, as will be clear from Fig. 8

In Figs. 10 to 12, inclusive, still a different form of plate 33 is shown, in which the prongs 34 provided thereon are preferably tubular, as will be clear from Figs. 11 and 12. From Fig. 12 it will be seen thatl concavities or pockets 35 exist within the prongs 34, into which the material of the supporting member, into which said members 34 are pressed, will enter to thus cause the prongs to interlock with the material. portion of the member 33 is indicated in Fig. 10 by the numeral 36, and said member is further provided with a peripheral downturned edge or flange 37, as in the other forms.

While the plates are shown as being circular in Figs. 1 lto 12, inclusive, these obviously can be made of any desired shape, the plate 33 in F ig. 13, mounted on the supporting member 39, being made in the form of a shield, and the prongs thereon being formed out of such portions of the material as would otherwise be wasted informing the shield 38. Y

In Fig. 14 an ovalV plate 41 is shown mounted on the supporting member 42 by means of the prongs 43, which are also cut out of the material from which the blank is made at such places that no extra material will be required for making the prongs.

lfhile the plate-likernembers have been shown in all the forms of the invention de scribed above as being mounted on vsome relatively soft material, such aswood, the plates can be applied to metallic surfaces as well. In Fig. 15, the plate 20 is shown as being applied .toa sheet-metal supporting member 44, which is provided with the openings 45 and the curved guiding ngers 46 below the openings 45 formed out of the material punched out of theopenings 45. The

.hook portions 22 engage with said curved The body i l lnstead oi providing distinct prongs on the plate member, a plate such as the plate 48, shown in Fig. 17, may be provided, said plate having the body portion 49, which is liat, and which is adapted to lie in face-tot'ace engagement with the supporting member 50, and further raving a downturned peripheral edge portion or flange 51 that is provided With a toothed or serrated edge 52,.

the projections formed by the teeth 52 acting as prongs to hold the plate-like member 48 in position on the supporting member 50. The supporting member 5() is provided With a groove corresponding to the groove 24 in the member 23. The members 52 Will bend into outwardly curved hook form VWhen pressed into the supporting member 50 to thus firmly interlock the plate 48 with the supporting member 50, throughout the entire circumference or" said plate.

n Fig. 18 a plate 20 is shovvn that has no tlange thereon, but is merely provided with prongs 22 that engage With the supporting member in substantially the same Way as the prongs 22 in Fig. 8. y

Having thus described my invention, whatv I desire to claim and secure by United States Letters Patent is:

l. The combination with a supporting member provided with a groove, of a plate mounted thereon, said plate having a downturned edge seated in said groove, and members on said plate extending beyond said downturned edge to embed themselves i in said supporting member.

turned edge seated in said groove, and members on said plate extending beyond said downturned edge adapted to embed themselves in said supporting member, said supporting member having recesses opening into saidA groove and receiving said last members.

3. rIhe combination With a supporting member provided With a groove, of a plate mounted thereon, said plate having a downturned edge seated in said groove, and prongs on said plate extending beyond said dovvnturned edge adapted to embed themselves-in said su. porting member, said supporting member aving recesses opening into said groove and provided with guiding faces for said prongs.

ll. The `combination WithI a ASupporting member provided With a groove, of a plate mounted thereon, said plate having a downturned'edge seated in said groove, and tapering1 prongs on said plate forming integral extensions of saidV edge and adapted to embed themselves in said supporting'member, said prongs Vbeing curved transversely of their length. p

45. The combination With a supporting member, of a plate having a downturned peripheral edge seated in said supporting member, and hook-like projections on said lplate engaging said supporting member beyond said edge, said supporting member having guiding faces for bending saidprojections into hook-shape.`

In Witness whereof, I hereuntosubscribe my name this 2nd day of June, A. D. 1925.

HELGE A. BORRESEN.

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